WEEK 3, Day 1: Carrying the Divine Seed

Linda
2 days ago
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Seeds are full of potential. The tiniest beginnings can lead to unimagined outcomes. They represent growth and transformation and new life. Every seed contains the potential for a future plant. The divine seed was planted in Mary and though she had no idea of the outcome, she trusted the message given to her, but not without some questions. She had faith that what was happening to her would bring forth fruit. She embraced the moment with courage and hope though she was unaware of what lay ahead.

Thomas Merton wrote, "You do not need to know precisely what is happening,

or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities

and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with

courage, faith and hope."

I wonder how we could be more like Mary--to enter into an incomprehensible situation wholeheartedly. Take some time to imagine God bending over and planting a divine seed within you right now or perhaps there is already a seed lying dormant that wants to germinate. What's the invitation? Do you have some questions for God about the seed? What does this experience feel like? What is necessary for this seed to grow? Can you say yes, like Mary, and have courage to let the seed grow even though there are many unknowns.

God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or

guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us

around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

-Ephesians 3:20 Message.

Life begins

It begins in deadly hearts of star,

in elements consumed, transfigured

in refining heat.

It begins deep within, in the murderous

seething of earth innards.

It begins in womb-dark murk and musk of soil.

in death and rot and rank decay,